JU COMMON SUPREME COURT OF KENTUCKY CASENO. 2003SC …€¦ · FILED COMMONWEALTh OF KEN•iCY JU 9 9004 SUPREME COURT OF KENTUCKY CASENO. 2003SC-200-D CLERK SUPREME COURT JULIO MELO,

FILEDCOMMONWEALTh OF KEN•iCY

JU 9 9004

SUPREME COURT OF KENTUCKYCASENO. 2003SC-200-D CLERK

SUPREME COURTJULIO MELO, MD. APPELLANT

On review from Court of Appeals # 2002-CA-000080MRJefferson Circuit Court # 01 -i-003 103

STEVEN G. BARNETT APPELLEE

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BRIEF OF AMICUS CURIAE AIDS VOLUNTEERS OF LEXINGTON,KENTUCKY Ifl V/AIDS ADVOCACY AND ACTION GROUP,

AND KENTUCKY AIDS LIFE ALLIANCE.

Submitted by:

Jonathan Givuer, pro hoc vice pendingHayley Gorenberg, pro hoc vice pendingLambda Legal Defense and Education Fund120 Wall Street, Suite 1500New York, NY 10005

David A. FriedmanFernandez Friedman Grossman Kohn & Son PLLC2400 National City Tower101 S. Fifth StreetLouisville, KY 40202Attorneys for amicus curiae

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

The undersigned does hereby certify that copies of this brief were served by United StatesPostal Service first class mail this .4day of April, 2004 upon the following namedindividuals: lion. Ann O'MalIey Shake, Jefferson Circuit Court, Division 16, 900 WJefferson Street, Louisville, Kentucky 40202; Chcistophcr K O'Brynn, O'Bryari,Brown & Toner. 455 S Fourth Avenue, Suite 15U0, Louisville, Kentucky 40202; and AThomas Johnson, 304 West Liberty Street, Louisville, Kentucky 40202.

Jonathan Ciivner

STATEMENT OF POINTS AND AUTHORITIES

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INTERESTS OF AMICI 1

1NTRODUCT1ON 1

KRS214.181 1

KRS214.625 1

ARGUMENT 1

I. To Determine Whether Appellant Unlawfully ViolatedA.ppellee's Right to Privacy, the Court Must Examine Whether theDisclosure of Appellee's I-IIV Status Was Highly Offensive to aReasonable Person 1

Wheeler v. P. Sorensen Mfg. Co.,Ky.App.,415 S.W.2d582 (1967) 2,3

McCall v. Courier-Journal and Louisville Times Co.,Ky.,623S.W.2d882(1981) 2

Restatement (Second) of Torts, § 652D (1977) 2

MeSurely v. McClellan, 753 F.2d 88 (D.C. Cir. 1985) 2, 3

Beaumont v. Browrn, 257 N.W.2d 522 (Mich. 1977) 2

Voneye v. Turner, Ky. App., 240 S.W.2d 588 (1951) 3

KR5214.18l 3

KRS 446M70 3

Jte Farm Mutual Auto. his. Co. v. Reeder,Ky., 763 SW2d 116 (1988) 3

Ky. Op. Att'y Gen. 77-71, 1977 WL 27861 (Ky. A.G.) 3

II. The Unauthorized Disclosure by a Physician of a Patient'sHJV Status is Unreasonable and Highly Offensive to aReasonable Person 3

KRS214.181

A. The Unauthorized Disclosure of an Individual's flYStatus Is Per Se Unreasonable in Light of Kentucky'sStatutory Prohibition on the Disclosure of HI V-RelatedHealth Information 4

ICRS214J81 5,6

KRS 214J81(5)(c)

KRS214.181(8) 5

H.B. 82, 2004 Gen. Assent Reg. Sess., § 5 Ky. (2004) 5

Lewis v. B & R Cprp, Ky. App., 56 S.W.3d 432 (2001) 6

KRS 446M70 6

Estate of Wheeler 'r Veal Realtors and Auctioneers, Inc.,Ky. App-, 997 S.W.2d 497 (1999) 6

lB. Unauthorized Disclosure of a Patient's HIV Status bya Physician is Unreasonable and Highly Offensive inLight of the Significant Individual and Societal Interests inMaintaining the Privacy of Such Information 6

1. Unauthorized Disclosure of Medical Informationby a Physician, Whether or Not the Information IsRelated to flY, Is Highly Offensive to a ReasonablePerson 6

Doe v. City of New York,15 F.3d 264 (2d Cir. 1994) 6

Stidham v, Clark, Ky., 74 S,W.3d 719 (2002) 7

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Geary v. Schroeripg,Ky. App., 979 S.W.2d 134 (1998) . 7

Hammonds v. Aetna Casualty & Sur. Co.,243 F. Supp. 793 (N.D. Ohio 1965) 7

Pagano v. Oroville Hosp.,145 F.R.D. 683 (E.D. Cal. 1993) 7

Haddad v. Gopal,787 A.2d 975 (Pa. Super. Ct. 2002) 7

KRS211.670 7

KRS311A.190 7

KRS422.315 7

Hardin County v. Valentine,Ky. App., 894 S.W.2d 151 (1995) 7

45 C.F.R. Pt, 160 7

45 C.F.R. Pt. 164 7

U.S. v. Sutherland,143 F. Supp. 2d609 (W.D. Va. 2001) 8

2. Disclosure of 1111 V-Related Information by aPhysician Is Particularly Troubling and HighlyOffensive to a Reasonable Person 8

Guidelines for Using Antiretroviral AgentsAmong HI V-Infected Adults and Adolescents:Recommendations of the Panel on Clinical Practicesfor Treatment of HIV, 51 U.S. DEP'T OF HEALTHAND HUM. SERVICES MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY

WKLY. REP. 1 (2002) 8

Doe v. S.F. Pa. Transp. Auth.,72 F.3d 1133 (3d Cir. 1995) 9

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Doe v. Borough of Barrington,729 F. Supp. 376 (D.N.J. 1990) 9

Woods v. 'White,689 F. Supp. 874 (W.D. Wis. 1988) 9

D.A. Lentine, et al., I-NV-Related Knowledgeand Stigma — United States, 2000, 49 U.s.DEP'T OF HEALTH AND HUM. SERVICESMORBIDITY AND MORTALITY WKLY.

RRF'. 1062 (2000) 9

Gregory M. Herek, et al., HI V-R elated Stigmaand Knowledge in the United States: Prevalenceand Trends, 1991-1999, 92 AM. S. PUB.HEALTH 371 (2002) 9

Gregory M. Herek & John P. Capitanio,AIDS Stigma and Sexual Prejudice,42 AM. BEHAV. SCIENTIST 1126 (1999) 9

Doe v. City of New York,15 F.3d 264 (2d Cir. 1994) 9

Doe v. Couehlin,697 F. Supp. 1234 ('N.D.N.Y. 1988) 10

Etate of Behringer v. Med. Ctr. at Princeton,592 A.2d 1251 (NJ. Super. 1991) 10

KRS214.600 10

KR5207.135 10

KR5207.150 10

KRS 207,160 10

Hardaway Mgrnt. Co. v. Southerland,Ky.,977S.W.2d910(1998) 10

KRS 214.181(5)(c)(9)(a) 10

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KRS214,181(1) .11

Andersoll v. Strong Mem'l Hosp.,531 N.Y.S.2d 735 (1988) 11

U.S. v. Hughes,95 F. Supp. 2d 49 (13. Mass. 2000) 11

KRS214,181(6) 11

KRS214.181 11

KRS214.420 11,12

KRS 214.990(6) 12

KRS3O4.12-013(4)(f) 12

KR5438.250 12

KRS51O.320 12

KRS 197.055(3) 12

KR5635.110(3) 12

K]1S211.180(1)(b) 12

KR5214.645 12

2O1KAR9:315 12

D.A. Lentine, et al., HI V-R elated Knowledgeand Stigma — United States, 2000, 49 U.S.DEP'T OF HEALTH AND HuM. SERVICESMORBIDITY AND MORTALITY WKLY.

Rap. 1062 (2000) 12

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C. Courts in Other Jurisdictions 1-lave Found thatUnwarranted Disclosures of HI V-Related HealthInformation Are Unreasonable and HighlyOffensive to Reasonable People 13

Multimedia WMAZ, line. v. Kubach,443 S.E.2d 491 (Ga. Ct. App. 1994) 13

Estate of Bebringer v. Med. Ctr. at Princeton,592 A.2d 1251 (N.J. Super. 1991) 13

Anderson v. Strong Mem'l Hosp.,531 N.Y.S.2d 735 (1988) 13

Urbaniak v. Newton,226 Cal.App.3d 1128 (1991) 13,14

v. Roe, 599 N.Y.S.2d 350 (1993) 14, 15

KRS214.181 15

CONCLUSION 15

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